A certificate of deposit will often result in a penalty for withdrawing funds before the maturity date. If the penalty involves two months of interest, what would be the amount for early withdrawal on a $20,000, 4 percent CD?

The amount worth $133 for the prior withdrawal

Explanation:

The amount of annual interest is computed as:

Annual Interest = Withdrawal Amount × Percentage of Certificate Deposit (CD)

where

Withdrawal Amount is $20,000

Percentage of Certificate Deposit (CD) is 4%

Putting the values above:

Annual Interest = $20,000 × 4%

= $800

The amount of Penalty is computed as:

Penalty amount = 2 months of Annual Interest

= 2/ 12 × $800

= $133.33 or $133

The narrator's description of the mother contrasted sharply with the revelation of the mother's secret, revealing her to be someone she presented herself not to be which surprises and shocks the reader, as the mother was practically described as being a saint.

Explanation:

In A Dead Woman's Secret the narrator described the mother as a rigid disciplinarian who instilled unshakable morals in her children, which resulted in the son becoming a magistrate without pity for the weak and the daughter becoming a nun.

This description creates an image of the mother as a virtuous woman in the reader's mind, as also assumed by her son and daughter.

So the surprise is real when the mother is revealed to be a woman who had an affair with a man that was not her husband, the behavior is not in keeping with who she was described to be.